SpanishA2 Flashcards
Translate Verbs span-eng
acertar
t$
-to hit the mark, hit upon;
-to find, find easily, hit upon;
-to succeed, succeed in;
-to be right, get right, be correct;
-to figure out, figure out correctly;
-to guess right, guess correctly;
-to do (something) right, skillfully or correctly;
-i@ to succeed;
-to be right, get right;
-to guess right;
-to grow, thrive, flourish (e.g., said of plants)
adv. opportunely, fitly;
aright, rightly, properly, correctly, accurately
acertadamente
adj. fit, proper, sensible;
-right, correct;
-successful;
-skillful;
-well-aimed
acertado
, acertada
adj. skillful;
m. f good guesser
acertador
, acertadora
m. ability, tact, dexterity
acertamiento
to happen to + infinitive
(the act of doing something successfully or managing to do something, often by chance or with some degree of difficulty.)
Acertó a encontrar la solución.
(He/she happened to find the solution.)
acertar
a + infinitive
to succeed in + present participle
acertar
a + infinitive
to find, find easily, come upon, come across, happen upon
acertar
con
to prophesy correctly
acertar
en el pronostico
m. riddle, quiz, conundrum
acertijo
adv. certainly, surely;
-yes, indeed
ciertamente
it is certain, it is sure
es cierto
acervar
t$
ARCHAIC to heap, gather, pile, accumulate, hoard
acetificar
t$ r$
to acetify, convert to vinegar
acetrinar
t$
to make (something) sallow or the color of a lemon
acezar
i$
to pant, be winded, gasp
achabacanar
t$
-to cheapen, make vulgar or crude;
-to do awkwardly or crudely
achacar
t$
to impute, attribute
achacillarse
r$
PROVINCIAL to
lodge
achaflanar
t$
to chamfer, bevel
achahuistlarse
r$
IN MEXICO to become rusty
achajuanarse
r$
IN AMERICA to be overtired
achamparse
r$
-to retain another’s property;
-to settle, establish roots;
-IN AMERICA to encamp
achancar
t$
COLLOQUIAL PROVINCIAL to flatten, smash
achanchar
t$
-GAME OF CHECKERS to comer (a checker); -GAME OF DOMINOS to block a doublet;
-IN ARGENTINA AND IN URUGUAY to fatten;
-IN CHILE to jump (in checkers);
-r@ IN AMERICA to become weak or feeble;
-IN AMERICA to get lazy;
-IN ARGENTINA AND IN URUGUAY to get fat
achangar
t$
IN GERMANY to enslave, subdue, subject
achantar
t$
-COLLOQUIAL to flatten, rush, smash;
-r@ COLLOQUIAL to agree, submit, yield, comply, conform;
-COLLOQUIAL to become afraid, lose one’s nerve;
-COLLOQUIAL to hide from danger, hide away from danger
achaparrarse
r$
-FIGURATIVE to get chubby;
-BOTANY to grow thick and stunted
achapinarse
r$
IN GUATEMALA to adopt Guatemalan customs
achaplinarse
r$
IN AMERICA to act in the irresolute, vacillating, hesitating nature of Charlie Chaplin in his movies
acharar
t$
-POPULAR to confuse;
-r@ to be frightened or startled;
-ETHNIC COLLOQUIALISM to go awry, get
rattled
acharolar
t$
-to varnish, especially in the manner of black enamel or lacquer of a type originating in Asia, used to produce a durable glossy finish;
-to enamel;
-to polish
achatar
t$
-to flatten, level, squash;
-r@ to become flat;
-IN ARGENTINA to be overwhelmed or
crushed
achechar
t$
IN MEXICO to pamper, pet, fondle too much
achicar
t$
-to make smaller, diminish, reduce;
-to humble, humiliate, belittle, put in one’s place;
-to intimidate;
-to make childish;
-to drain, bail out;
-NAUTICAL to scoop, bail out (water);
-SEWING to take in;
-IN COLOMBIA to kill;
-r@ to get smaller, shrink, feel small;
-to humble oneself, minimize one’s own
importance;
-to become intimidated, shrink back
achicharrar
t$
-to fry, roast or toast to excess, scorch, burn;
-to overheat;
-to bother, bedevil;
-FIGURATIVE to plague, bother;
-IN AMERICA to crush, squash;
-r@ to become overheated, scorched;
-to swelter;
-to burn, get burned (said of food)
achicharronarse
r$
IN AMERICA to wrinkle
achicopalarse
r$
IN AMERICA to be disheartened or dismayed
achiguar
t$
-to bend, curve;
-IN AMERICA to shape like an umbrella;
-r@ IN ARGENTINA to bulge, sag, warp;
-IN ARGENTINA to put on weight (said of a person)
achilarse
r$
IN COLOMBIA to be intimidated
achinar
t$
-COLLOQUIAL to frighten, intimidate, terrify, scare;
-to murder;
-GAME OF CHECKERS to corner (a checker);
-r@ IN ARGENTINA AND IN URUGUAY to become coarse or common
achinelar
t$
to give the form of a slipper
achingar
t$
IN AMERICA to cut down, shorten (clothes)
achipilcarse
r$
plus the changes in red in
-IN CHILE to choke or gulp
achiquitar
t$
-IN AMERICA COLLOQUIAL to make smaller, diminish;
-r@ to get scared, become frightened
achirarse
r$
and used in the posiions in 4 when used as an impersonal verb
-IN COLOMBIA IMPERSONAL to cloud over
achirdar
t$
IN GERMANY to shorten, cut down, reduce
achirlar
t$
IN ARGENTINA to thin down
achispar
t$
-COLLOQUIAL to make tipsy;
-r@ to get tipsy
achivatar
t$
IN ANDALUCIA INFORMAL to beat, cudgel, pommel, club
achocar
t$
-to throw, hurl, dash against a wall or floor;
-to wound;
-to hit, strike, stone;
-FIGURATIVE COLLOQUIAL to hoard, stash away (money);
-i@ IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND IN PUERTO RICO to faint, lose consciousness
achocharse
r$
-to become foolish or feebleminded, especially as a result of senility;
-to become senile
acholar
t$
IN AMERICA to embarrass, make blush, abash, make ashamed;
-r@ IN AMERICA to be abashed or ashamed;
-IN AMERICA to be frightened;
-IN AMERICA to adopt mestizo ways;
IN ARGENTINA to suffer sunstroke
acholloncarse
r$
plus the changes in red in
IN AMERICA to crouch
achololear
i$
to overflow
achorgornar
i$
IN GERMANY to assist, attend
achotar
t$
IN AMERlCA to color or dye with annatto
achubascarse
r$
plus the changes in red in and used in the positions in 4 when used as an impersonal verb
-IMPERSONAL to be covered with threatening clouds,
-become threatening or overcast (said of the sky);
-IMPERSONAL to get showery
achuchar
t$
-COLLOQUIAL to crush with a blow, squash, crumble, crumple;
-COLLOQUIAL to push (around), jostle; -COLLOQUIAL to incite, urge on, excite, entice;
-r@ IN AMERlCA to be afflicted with fever
achucharrar
t$
-to push, jostle;
-to incite, urge on;
-IN AMERlCA to crush, squash;
-IN CHILE, IN COLOMBIA, IN HONDURAS to crush with a blow;
-r@ IN AMERICA to droop, flatten; IN MEXICO to be disheartened or discouraged
achucutarse
r$
and achucularlarse
-to be intimidated; to humble oneself;
-IN AMERICA to become humbled or discouraged;
-IN AMERICA to wither, spoil;
-IN CENTRAL AMERICA to be disheartened;
-IN GUATEMALA to wither, become faded
achucuyarse
r$
see the Spanish verb achucutarse
achuicarse
r$
-IN AMERlCA to be ashamed
achujar
t$
IN CUBA to crush with a blow
achulaparse
, achullarse
r$
-to acquire flashy mannerisms;
-to get rough or ill-mannered
achularse
r$
see the Spanish verb achulaparse
achunchar
t$
-IN AMERlCA to embarrass, foil;
-IN AMERlCA to cast the evil eye on;
-IN CHILE to baffle;
-IN CHILE to frustrate
achuntar
t$
IN AMERICA to hit the mark
achuñuscar
t$
to squeeze,
press, crumple, crush
achurar
t$
to disembowel
achurrar
t$
-COLLOQUIAL to stab to death;
-IN ARGENTINA to gut, disembowel;
-IN PANAMA to flatten
achurruscar
t$
-IN CHILE to crush, squash, tighten, compress, squeeze;
-r@ IN COLOMBIA, IN ECUADOR to be disheartened or discouraged
achurucarse
r$
IN GUATEMALA to wither, fade, decay, shrivel
achuzar
t$
PROVINCIAL to incite or sick (dogs)
acibarar
t$
-to make bitter with aloes;
-FIGURATIVE to embitter
acibarrar
t$
to hurl against a hard object
aciberar
t$
to grind very fine, pulverize
acicalar
t$
-to polish, burnish;
-to dress, dress up, spruce, spruce up;
-to embellish;
-ARCHITECTURE to finish, put on a finish, point (a wall);
-r@ to make an elaborate toilet; to get dressed up;
-to dress up, spruce up
acicatear
t$
to spur, incite
acidificar
t$
-to acidify;
-r@ to become acidic
acidular
t$
-to acidulate, make slightly acid or sour;
-to saturate (water) with carbolic acid;
-r@ to be or become sour
aciemar
t$ i$
to dung, manure
aciguar
i$
PROVINCIAL to repose
aciguatar
t$
-PROVINCIAL to observe, spy on;
-r@ to have jaundice;
-to be sick from fish poisoning
acimbogar
t$
to give the form of a lemon
acinar
t$
to heap, stack
acincelar
t$
ARCHITECTURE to chisel, carve, engrave
acingar
t$
to swing
acinturar
t$
to gird, encircle
acivilarse
t$
IN AMERICA to be married by civil ceremony
aclamar
t$ i$
-to acclaim;
-to applaud;
-to hail;
-to shout
adj. laudable
aclamable
f acclamation, acclaim;
-applause
aclamacion
adj. acclaimed
aclamado
, aclamada
unanimously
por aclamacion
f claim, demand;
-objection;
-reclamation
reclamacion
reclamar
t$
-to keep calling;
-to claim;
-to demand;
-to reclaim;
-to decoy, lure (a bird);
-i@ to cry out, protest, reclaim;
-POETRY to resound;
-r@ to call to each other (said of birds)
to sue
reclamar
en juicio
to claim damages
reclamar
perjuicios
and reclamar
por daños
aclarar
t$
and used in the positions in 4 when used as an impersonal verb
-to make clear, clarify;
-to explain;
-to illustrate;
-to brighten, brighten up;
-to enlarge;
-to rinse; to clear;
-to thin (e.g., sauces);
-to thin, clear out (e.g., trees, plants, a thicket);
-LIQUIDS to clarify, make clear;
-MINING to wash;
-i@ IMPERSONAL to brighten, get bright, clear, clear up, dawn (said of the weather); -NAUTICAL to disentangle;
-r@ to become clear;
-to reveal a secret;
-IN AMERICA to be clarified or purified (said of liquids)
f explanation, ex
plication
aclaracion
adj. rinsed;cleared, made clear;
-n. rinsing
aclarado
, aclarada
to clear one`s throat
aclarar
la voz
aclarecer
t$ i$
to make clear
of course not!, should think not!
claro
que no!
sure!, of course!
claro
que si!
andclaro
esta!
is that clear?
¿esta claro
?
-to explain;
-to clarify;
-to copy over
poner en claro
and
sacar en claro
clearly, manifestly,
conspicuously
por lo claro
to make little of, make nothing of
sacar poco en claro
and
no sacar nada en claro
aclarecer
t$ i$ r$
variant spelling and pronunciation of the Spanish verb aclarar
aclavelarse
r$
to become or take the form of a carnation
aclimatar
t$
-to acclimatize, acclimate;
-r@ to become acclimatized, become acclimated
aclocar
i$
-to brood (said of hens);
-to sprawl, squat;
-r@ to brood, become broody (said of hens);
-to sprawl, squat;
-FIGURATIVE to stretch, stretch out, lie, lie down
acobardar
t$
-to frighten, daunt, intimidate, cow, browbeat;
-r@ to become frightened or intimidated;
-to become a coward, turn cowardly
acobijar
t$
AGRICULTURE to mulch, hill
acocarse
r$
plus the changes in red in
-to get wormy (said of fruit)
acocear
t$
-to kick;
-COLLOQUIAL to ill-treat, treat badly, mistreat, trample, trample on, offend
acocharse
r$
-to squat, crouch;
-to stoop (over, down)
acochinar
t$
-COLLOQUIAL to assassinate, murder, bump off, and slay;
-COLLOQUIAL to intimidate, scare, humble;
-GAME OF CHECKERS COLLOQUIAL to corner;
-r@ to wallow;
-to get smeared, get smeared up
acoclar
i$
-IN ARAGON to brood;
-r@ IN ARAGON to get into a squatting or crouching position
acocorar
t$
IN GUATEMALA to annoy greatly, vex
acocotar
t$
variant spelling and pronunciation of the Spanish verb acogotar
acodalar
t$
-to stay;
-ARCHITECTURE to prop, prop up, shore, shore up
acodar
t$
-to lean, rest (one’s arm or elbow) upon; -AGRICULTURE to layer (cuttings, vines); -ARCHITECTURE to prop;
-CARPENTRY to square (timber);
-r@ to lean or rest (one ‘s elbows) on
acoderar
t$
to put a spring on (acable); NAUTICAL to anchor, anchor
on, moor broadside, moor broadside on; NAUTICAL to tie, tie up
along side the dock; r to become covetous
acodiciar
t$
to covet, long for; r to yearn, be covetous acodiciarse a or de to covetous
to covet
´acodiciarse´ a or de
acodilli´ar´ t$
to bend into an elbow; i to put the knee on the ground (said of animals); r to
bend, crumple, bow, double up
acofrar
t$
to form ridges between (furrows)
acoger
t$
to receive hospitably, welcome; to accept (e.g., opin-
ions); to protect, shelter, give refuge to; r to take shel ter, refuge; to
resort to; AGRICULTURE to pasture (animals)
to take refuge in; to
have recourse to
acogerse
a
acogollar
t$
-AGRICULTURE to protect, cover (plants);
-i@ r@ BOTANY to bud, sprout
acogombrar
t$
-AGRICULTURE to form into a hill, pile, or heap;
-to bank
acogotar
t$
-to kill (with a blow on the neck);
-to conquer, subdue;
-FIGURATIVE to dominate, intimidate; -COLLOQUIAL to knock down (with a blow to the back of the head or by grabbing the back of the neck);
-r@ to be wounded in the neck
acohombrar
t$
variant spelling and pronunciation of the Spanish verb acogombrar
acoier
t$
ARCHAIC to receive, welcome
acojinar
t$
-to stuff, pad;
-to quilt;
-MECHANlCAL to cushion (a piston)
acolar
t$
-to unite (two coats of arms under one crest or crown);
-to adorn a coat of arms with special marks of distinction
acolchar
t$
-to quilt, stuff, pad (aquilt);
-FURNITURE to upholster;
-NAUTICAL to intertwine (strands)
acolchonar
t$
-t@ variant spelling and pronunciation of the Spanish verb acolchar
acolgar
t$
ARCHAIC to hang, drape
acolitar
i$
-to serve as an acolyte;
-COLLOQUIAL to accompany
acollar
t$
-to shear the neck of (sheep);
-AGRICULTURE to cover with earth, form into a hill, surround (the base of a tree trunk) with earth;
-NAUTICAL to calk (a ship);
-NAUTICAL to make taut, tighten (ropes);
-NAUTICAL to haul on (the lanyards)
acollarar
t$
-to yoke, harness, put a collar on (animals);
-to hitch, hitch up;
-to leash;
-IN ARGENTINA, IN CHILE to tie together;
-r@ to hold each other by the neck;
-IN ARGENTINA IN URUGUAY COLLOQUIAL to get hitched or married
acollonar
t$
to intimidate, scare
acombar
t$
variant spelling andpronunciation of the Spanish verb combar
acomedirse
plus the changes in red in
-r& IN AMERICA to offer oneself, volunteer, oblige, be obliging
acometer
t$
-to attack, assault, charge;
-to overtake, overtake suddenly, overcome, come over (said of illness, sleep);
-to widen into;
-to undertake, attempt (e.g., to under take a job);
-FIGURATIVE to go at, go for;
-TECHNICAL to converge, join (e.g., conduits);
-i@ to attack
to jostle one another
acometerse
mutuamente
acomodar
t$
-to accommodate, find a place for;
-to arrange, put in order;
-to rectify;
-to reconcile, adapt, adjust;
-to usher (in theaters);
to take in, lodge;
-to employ, find employment for;
-to provide, furnish, supply;
-to reconcile;
-to suit;
-i@ to fit, suit, be suitable, be fitting;
-r@ to find a place for oneself, settle down;
-to condescend;
-to conform, comply, adapt oneself;
-to come to terms;
-IN ARGENTINA, IN CHILE to set oneself up (through connections);
-IN ARGENTINA, IN CHILE to marry well
-to adapt oneself to, conform with;
-to comply with
acomodarse
a
to settle down to + infinitive
acomodarse
a + infinitive
to reconcile oneself with
acomodarse
con
-to supply oneself with, be supplied with;
-to hire out as
acomodarse
de
acompañar
t$
-to accompany, keep company, go with, escort;
-to enclose, attach;
-to share with, sympathize with;
-to attend;
-i@ MUSIC to accompany, play an accompaniment;
-IN AMERlCA to point (e.g.,bricks);
-r@ to be accompanied by;
-to consult, hold a consutation
adv. with accompaniment
acompañadamente
-adj. accompanied, attended, frequented;
-m. f assistant, consultant;
-LAW assistant judge;
-IN AMERICA sewer covering
acompañado
, acompañadora
-adj. accompanying;
-m. f companion, chaperon, accompanist, follower
acompañador
, acompañadora
m. accompaniment, attendance, retinue, supernumerary
acompañamiento
to express one`s condolences
acompañara
uno en sentimiento
MUSIC to accompany oneself on
acompañarse
con
oracompañarse
en
f COLLOQUIAL company
compaña
m. companionship, good fellowship
compañerismo
m. f companion, friend, mate, partner, colleague, associate
compañero
, compañera
comrade in arms
compañero
(compañera
) de armas
roommate
compañero
(compañera
) de
cuarto
playmate
compañero
(compañera
) de
juego
acompasar
t$
-to measure, measure with a compass;
-to give rhythm, to, make rhythmical;
-to mark the rhythm or cadence of;
-to distribute evenly;
-MUSIC to measure (with a metronome)
acompincharse
r$
IN AMERlCA to find a bosom friend, pal
acomplejar
t$
-to cause a person to have a complex or inhibition;
-r@ to get a complex
acomunalar
t$
ARCHAIC to have trade and communication with
acomunarse
r$
to unite, join forces, confederate, band together, league, make common cause
aconchabarse
r$
-to unite for an evil purpose;
-to conspire;
-gang up, band together;
-to confabulate, chat
aconchar
and aconchegar
t$
-to make shell-like;
-to push to a safe place;
-NAUTICAL to run aground, beach (a boat); IN AMERICA to shame;
-r@ to become shelllike;
-to take shelter;
-to back against (e.g., to back against the wall);
-NAUTICAL to become beached, run aground;
-IN AMERICA to be a sponger;
-IN AMERICA to form a deposit;
-IN CHILE to settle (said of sediment)
aconchegar
t$
see the Spanish verb aconchar
acondicionar
t$
-to condition, prepare, arrange, make fit; -to repair, renovate, put in condition;
-to season;
-to air condition;
-r@ to qualify (for a position);
-to be placed, find a job;
-to be conditioned
aconduchar
t$
ARCHAIC to provide (food)
acongojar
t$
-to grieve, distress, afflict, oppress, sadden, anguish;
-r@ to be distressed, afflicted or grieved; -to faint
aconsej ar
t$
-to advise, counsel;
-to warn;
-r@ to get, seek or take advice
adj. counseling, advising;
m. f. adviser, counselor
aconsejador
, aconsejadora
m. counseling
aconsejamiento
to advise to + infinitive
aconsejar
to + infinitive
to consult
aconsejar
con
to consult with, advise with, seek or get advice from
aconsejarse
de
or aconsejarse
con
to think better of it
consejarse
mejor
m. counsel, advice, opinion, motion; -council, court;
-council-house;
-advisory board, counsulting body;
-PLURAL advice
consejo
board of directors
consejo
de administración
court-martial
consejo
de guerra
security council
consejo
de seguridad
executive committee
consejo
ejecutivo
legal advice
consejo
legal
adv. illadvisedly
desaconsejadamente
adj. ill-advised, imprudent
desaconsejado
, desaconsejada
to dissuade,
try to dissuade
desaconsejar
time will tell
el tiempo de buen consejo
consult
tomar consejo
de
aconsonantar
t$
-to make two words rhyme;
-i@ to rhyme (said of two words)
acontecer
i$
and used in the positions in 14 when used as an impersonal verb
IMPERSONAL to happen, occur
-to happen to everybody
-to happen the same with everybody
acontecer
a todos